Jerry Stahl
September 28, 1953 · 72 years old
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jerry Stahl (born September 28, 1953) is an American novelist and screenwriter, He is best known for his memoir of addiction Permanent Midnight. A film adaptation followed with Ben Stiller in the lead role. Stahl has worked extensively in film and television.…
Known For
7 titles
Bad Boys II
Miami narcotics cops Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett investigate the flow of Ecstasy into Florida from a Cuban drug cartel.
August: Osage County
A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Oklahoma house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.
Hemingway & Gellhorn
A drama centered on the romance between Ernest Hemingway and World War II correspondent Martha Gellhorn, Hemingway's inspiration for For Whom the Bell Tolls, and the only woman who ever asked for a divorce from the writer.
Urge
A weekend getaway takes a dangerous turn when a mysterious nightclub owner introduces a group of friends to a dangerous new designer drug.
Permanent Midnight
A comedy writer struggles to overcome his addiction to heroin while putting his professional and personal life in danger.
Chuck
A drama inspired by the life of heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner, who had a once-in-a-lifetime bout with Muhammad Ali that would inspire the film Rocky (1976).
Dr. Caligari
The granddaughter of an infamous doctor experiments with hormone and shock therapies at her asylum for the insane.